Pseudospark Switches for High Repetition Rates and High Current Applications

Proceedings of the IEEE

Volumn 80, Issue 6, 1992, Pages 958-970

  Frank, Klaus ^a   Almen, Ortwin ^a   Bickel, Peter ^a   Christiansen, Jens ^a   GÖrtler, Andreas ^a   Linsenmeyer, Aswin ^a   Loscher, Hermann ^a   Schwandner, Alfred ^a   Stark, Robert ^a   Hartmann, Werner ^b   Kozlik, Claudius ^c   Peter, Frank ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b SIEMENS AG   (Germany)

^c Diehl GmbH   (Germany)

^d IMH Institut fÅ©r Motorenbau ^*  (Germany)

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EID: 84936892980     PISSN: 00189219     EISSN: 15582256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/5.149458     Document Type: Article

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